The Seven Decision: Understanding the Keys to Personal Success

Seeking out what separates the ordinary life from the extraordinary, Andrews has spent much of his life dissecting countless biographies and spending time with some of the most successful people on the planet in an effort to understand the principles that propel them toward greatness. The result: seven simple principles that - when applied consistently - render extraordinary lives. Through his entertaining, down-to-earth style, Andrews introduces these principles and offers all the tools necessary to make lasting changes in your life.

Little Things: Why You Really Should Sweat the Small Stuff

The Little Things embodies Andy Andrews' own approach to life and work, detailing for the first time some of the exclusive material that he uses to teach and coach some of the most successful corporations, teams, and individuals around the world. In his unique humorous style, Andy shows how people succeed by actually going against the modern adage "don't sweat the small stuff". By contrast, Andy proves that it is in concentrating on the smaller things that we add value and margin.

The Noticer Returns: Sometimes You Find Perspective, and Sometimes Perspective Finds You

Perspective is a powerful thing. Andy Andrews has spent the past five years doing a double take at every white-haired old man he sees, hoping to have just one more conversation with the person to whom he owes his life. Through a chance encounter at a local bookstore, Andy is reunited with the man who changed everything for him - Jones, also known as “The Noticer.”

The Heart Mender: A Story of Second Chances

In 1942, German subs are dispatched to the Gulf of Mexico to sink U.S. vessels carrying goods and fuel. While taking a late-night walk, Helen Mason - widowed by war - discovers the near-lifeless body of a German sailor. Enraged at the site of Josef Landermann's uniform, Helen is prepared to leave him to die when an unusual phrase, faintly uttered, changes her mind. In The Heart Mender, a small town must prepare itself for the worst the world has to offer, and Josef and Helen must reconcile their pasts to create a future.

Mastering the Seven Decisions: That Determine Personal Success

The Responsible Decision: The buck stops here. I accept responsibility for my past. I am responsible for my success. I will not let my history control my destiny. The Guided Decision: I will seek wisdom. The Active Decision: I am a person of action. The Certain Decision: I have a decided heart. Criticism, condemnation, and complaint have no power over me. The Joyful Decision: Today I will choose to be happy.

The Traveler's Gift

This modern morality tale by gifted writer and speaker Andy Andrews teaches seven fundamental strategies for creating a successful life. Much like the best-selling books by Og Mandino, this unique narrative is a blend of entertaining fiction, allegory, and inspiration. Storyteller Andy Andrews gives a front-row seat for one man's journey of a lifetime. David Ponder has lost his job and the will to live.

The Final Summit

This is mankind’s last chance. Centuries of greed, pride, and hate have sent humanity hurtling toward disaster, and far from its original purpose. There is only one solution that can reset the compass and right the ship, and it is only two words. With time running out, it is up to David Ponder and a cast of history’s best and brightest minds to uncover this solution before it is too late. The catch? They are allowed only five tries to discover the answer. Andy Andrews combines a riveting narrative with astounding history in order to show us the one thing we must do when we don’t know what to do.

How Do You Kill Eleven Million People?: Why the Truth Matters More than You Think

If the truth is what sets us free, what does it mean to live in a society where truth is absent? How do truth and lies in the past shape our destiny today? Through the lens of the Holocaust, best-selling author Andy Andrews examines the critical need for truth in our relationships, our communities, and our government.

Born to Win: Find Your Success

In a style that is unquestionably his own, Zig Ziglar has used his quick wit, down-home charm, and abundance of energy to inspire excellence in people throughout the world. Narrated by New York Times best-selling author Andy Andrews, Zig's nonstop passion will inspire you as if you're sitting front row center in his sold-out seminar. In the Born to Win audio program and PDF workbook, you'll learn how to achieve balance by improving seven key areas of your life, develop a winner's attitude, build stronger relationships, and much more!

The Lost Choice: A Legend of Personal Discovery

When a young boy finds a mysterious object in the creek near his home, his parents launch an investigation that will eventually link the ancient object to such remarkable figures as George Washington Carver, Oskar Shindler, Joan of Arc, and Alfred Vanderbilt. Separate pieces of the artifact, with different but similar inscriptions, shape the lives of those who possess the object.

Self-Discipline: Develop Good Habits. Achieve Your Goals.

No more quitting. No more procrastinating. Develop good habits and achieve your goals in life. Best-selling author Jennifer Alison brings your her new book for 2017, dealing with self-discipline. A realistic document on how to easily and effectively achieve more in life and develop the sort of everyday habits that will help you reach your goals. Learn how to stop quitting things, how to eradicate the curse of procrastination, and how to not let pressures and anxieties hold you back.

Real Artists Don't Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age

Best-selling author and creativity expert Jeff Goins dismantles the myth that being creative is a hindrance to success by revealing how an artistic temperament is in fact a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

The Carpenter: A Story about the Greatest Success Strategies of All

Michael wakes up in the hospital with a bandage on his head and fear in his heart. The stress of building a growing business, with his wife Sarah, caused him to collapse while on a morning jog. When Michael finds out the man who saved his life is a Carpenter he visits him and quickly learns that he is more than just a Carpenter; he is also a builder of lives, careers, people, and teams. As the Carpenter shares his wisdom, Michael attempts to save his business in the face of adversity, rejection, fear, and failure.

Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success

The first book of its kind, Peak Performance combines the inspiring stories of top performers across a range of capabilities - from athletic, to intellectual, to artistic - with the latest scientific insights into the cognitive and neurochemical factors that drive performance in all domains. In doing so, Peak Performance uncovers new linkages that hold promise as performance enhancers but have been overlooked in our traditionally-siloed ways of thinking.

Fast Focus: A Quick-Start Guide to Mastering Your Attention, Ignoring Distractions, and Getting More Done in Less Time!

Imagine having more free time to spend with your friends and loved ones. Imagine having the freedom to pursue things you're passionate about, whether it's gardening, hiking, reading, or restoring a classic car. Amazon best-selling author Damon Zahariades takes you through a proven system that'll help you to master your attention, keep distractions at bay, and get more done in less time.

No Limits: Blow the CAP off Your Capacity

We often treat the word capacity as if it were a natural law of limitation. Unfortunately most of us are much more comfortable defining what we perceive as off limits rather than what's really possible. Could it be that many of us have failed to expand our potential because we have allowed what we perceive as capacity to define us? What if our limits are not really our limits?

Publisher's Summary

The day for change is today and it's simpler than you realize.

Most people sleepwalk through day-to-day life, passively letting time slip away. Unfortunately, the only thing that can usually wake people up to the intensity of life is impending death. But what if it didn't have to be that way? 20,000 Days presents breathtakingly simple strategies and concepts that, once applied, will enable readers to be 100 percent present and intentional with every passing minute of every day for the rest of their lives.

The audiobook is designed to be listened to in under two hours and the effect is immediate. Within each segment are tactics for mastering control for your life, principles such as:

Motivation is a myth

You only have two choices: yes and no

How to conquer rejection forever

How becoming the problem will solve all your problems

Three sentences that will change your life immediately

These timeless principles apply to everyone from the pending graduate to the seasoned business professional, from the time-starved parent to the weary pastor to the restless entrepreneur.

On the 20,000th day of his life, the author sent an email that inspired and reminded a group of people of all ages to live in the moment. This group now includes you.

I loved this book. The author not only believes what he has written, but lives it each day. This book will get you fired up to do, rather than to just dream. I have listened to it a couple of times now. I also purchased the e-book so that I can read it and highlight things that stand out and will help me in planning and accomplishing the next 19,816 days of my life.

For a book that starts out saying how important your time is (and using that as a reason why the audiobook is short), this book is quite full of extraneous and useless information (such as the birth/death dates of every person he mentions and # of days alive). He builds up what he is *about to say* excessively. It's also God-centric, and generally ego-centric otherwise, in a number of ways, so be aware of that if that bothers you. There is a strong emphasis on being in power and control, or feeling like you are.

During the regular name-dropping and continuous repetition of how you can die any day, I was able to harvest the following 'points':

-No reserves, no retreats, no regrets; make every day count. This is a great quote (not his originally).

-His prayer/mantra is "I believe I am divinely guided. I believe I will always take the right turn in the road..." which is supposed to cover any challenge or tragedy you come across and you should do this. Yes, believe you are always right and you'll be fine!

-Be loving and appreciative. [If you follow his suggestions of pretty much constantly interacting with people, you will be well on your way to being a full-blown overbearing extrovert, like the author.]

-Your search [for purpose] is your purpose in life.

-Never try to motivate: Increase your productivity and then motivate(his example: be glad you exercised after you exercise; don't try to motivate yourself to exercise, just do it)

-Be open to change/say 'yes'.

While some of his suggestions are good to consider. Some are contrary to the reality of life and some later suggestions are contrary to earlier suggestions. One and a half hours is far too long for this audiobook, written and spoken by a guy who might actually be a narcissist. But hey, if you are into generic motivational speaking, maybe this would be your thing.

The only issue I have is not having heard this sooner. So many people talk so much and say nothing and others are so effective at making their point clear and simple to implement. This information will help those who have gotten into the habit of making excuses instead of taking action .